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Locality Name:
Ceilhes-et-Rocozels, Hérault, Occitanie, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 275

mindat Locality ID: 205265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ceilhes-et-Rocozels, Hérault, Occitanie, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bournac
Ceilhes

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperCyanotrichiteDiasporeFeldsparGeocroniteLillianite
MarcasiteMeneghiniteMilleriteNickelineNonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StanniteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianiteZinkenite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Camérolaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fizélyite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Millerite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23002751555163092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O300275155517445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb300275155516363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS300275255516,555179052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33002751555171935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11300275155516843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33002751555161089
Camérolaite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu6Al3(OH)18(H2O)2[Sb(OH)6](SO4)300275015
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS230027515551627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23002751555169895
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4830027515551654
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12300275155516663
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1530027515551655
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS300275255516,5551724243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23300275155516133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3002751555177437
Gold  (*)CopperAu30027515551730554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14300275155516784
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS430027515551682
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4300275155516198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23002751555165674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24300275155516158
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3002751555171066
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3002751555172349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS300275155517767
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O300275155517428
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17300275155516100
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33002751555161425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2300275255516,5551739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83002751555169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2300275255516,5551761156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21300275155516165
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS300275255516,5551721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4300275155516668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33002751555163418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133002751555165317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42300275155516228


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000662The Lodève Basin covers the entirety of the Hérault department, and is host to oil and uranium.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000662300275300-275     Yes U14616Hérault, Occitanie, FranceHéraultLandais et al. (1986)10.3406/sgeol.1986.1732SG39_293The age of bitumens found in the Basin and the associated uranium mineralizations are described as Autunian in age, and are additionally associated with post-Permian tectonics

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